ADRENOCORTICOSTEROID


Meaning of ADRENOCORTICOSTEROID in English

/euh dree"noh kawr'ti koh ster"oyd, -stear"-/ , n. Biochem.

any of a group of steroid hormones produced by the cortex of the adrenal gland.

[ 1960-65; ADRENO- + CORTICOSTEROID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .